Thursday, June 24, 2010

I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet!

I was just talking with my kids and their friends today about what 2012 might hold for us, we all agreed we would just have to wait and see. It's interesting to see them maturing and thinking about more than just themselves. They were supposed to be over to study science, so our discussion covered everything from osmosis to global warming, to sun spots, to polar bears, to fresh water, to Edgar Cayce, to Ouija boards and black magic, to creation and God. It was an entertaining and enlightening discussion. Oh, and the young ones aren't buying into that global warming thingy! Good for them.

I feel the sky tumbling down....

News of the quake took me back to Black Friday in Edmonton when the tornado hit, then I saw that Ontario also had one today. Again, thankfully no one was seriously hurt.

It was much ado about nothing. I work in Ottawa and live nearby - downtown shook but nothing in my house moved - pictures were straight, too. To hear Toronto talk about it - the city was devastated. My mother lives outside Toronto and she said there was nothing - she only found out about it on the news.

Look what the resident lunatic of Progressive Bloggers has to say about this post:

"Hunter is all proud that she raised uncaring and dishonest youngsters. What a pathetic excuse for a mother! Telling them lies. And again, Hunter, you lie, because like most today’s conservatives, you too love to see people suffer and if you’re teaching your kids this (and you probably are) then you’re an unfit parent!"

First off, I'd suggest that CK take a second look at who seems to gloat when their ideological rivals experience misfortune.

Secondly, she accuses your children of being "uncaring and dishonest" because they don't share her opinion.

In actuality, it would be dishonest if they claimed to share CK's opinion even if they didn't. But it seems that basic logical details like this have managed to evade the ugly little bigot under the ugly little hat.

Last but not least, how is it that progressives just can't seem to leave other people's children out of ideological disputes? It's bloody scary is what it is.

Life is precious and fleeting. Our work life always had and still has tragedies, most not so preventable, no matter how many privacy-intrusive rules one makes. How many children were snatched by wolves in early Canada? Lots. How many men who worked the shanties were killed by trees? How many died from diptheria and TB before we had vaccines and treatments? A decent and hard-working woman I knew, who I did not like a whole lot personally, has the mis-fortune to be driving beside a truck with rocks on it. A rock fell off and ended her life in her prime. Sad and unpredictable. People drown or have recreational accidents, even those who are not being neglectful. Some people who lead healthy lives die early.

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Politics used to be about going to vote. That all changed as I became aware of all the harm lefties were doing to our social structure. Ordinary families are under assault, and have got to get involved, before it's too late, before society has been changed for good. My blog is an attempt to raise issues that impact families, or ones that just plain bug me!